Schools in Union Grove are closed Monday as police and sheriff's deputies search for a man believed to be armed and dangerous.

Schools in Union Grove are closed Monday as police and sheriff's deputies search for a man believed to be armed and dangerous.

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Updated: 7:00 AM CDT Mar 23, 2015

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WEBVTT THAT'S A LOOK AT THE MORNING COMMUTE, BACK TO YOU. THEMA: RIGHT NOW, UNION GROVE HIGH SCHOOL WILL NOT HOLD CLASSES TODAY IS POLICE IN RACINE COUNTY IT IN YOU TO SEARCH FOR A MAN THEY ARE CALLING ARMED AND DANGEROUS. MELINDA: A GRADESCHOOL SAYS THEY WILL NOT HAVE CLASSES TODAY BECAUSE OF A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 20-YEAR-OLD STAN SILAS. POLICE SAY HAS BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE 3:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE UNION GROVE AREA AFTER POLICE SAY HE ABDUCTED A WOMAN, THEN LET HER GO. POLICE SAY HE ALSO FIRED SHOTS AT OFFICERS IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE PIGGLY WIGGLY IN UNION GROVE. LETS GO TO 12 NEWS' HILLARY MINTZ. SHE IS LIVE AT THE RACINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION WITH THE LATEST ON THE SEARCH. HILLARY: POLICE REMAIN ON SCENE HERE, WE HAD KENOSHA COUNTY, BURLINGTON OFFICERS SHOW UP YOUR AT SOME POINT. YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH SNOW AS THEY TRY TO FIND THE SUSPECT, AND I CAN TELL YOU IT WAS A TERRIFYING SCENE HERE FOR CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WHO WERE INSIDE THE PIGGLY WIGGLY WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED OUT HERE IN THE PARKING LOT. SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES ARE INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH FOR STAN SILAS, FROM RACINE, CALEDONIA, KENOSHA, MOUNT PLEASANT, AND WISCONSIN STATE PATROL. THIS BEGAN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SILAS ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED A WOMAN IN WATERFORD. POLICE MET UP WITH THEM HERE AT THE PIGGLY WIGGLY ON 60 SEVENTH DRIVE IN UNION GROVE. THE GROCERY STORE WENT ON LOCK DOWN FOR HOURS WHILE CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE SCARED. THE SUSPECT GOT AWAY AFTER SHOOTING WITH POLICE, THAT WANTED AN SEARCH FROM AIR AND GROUND. WE WE HAVE AT LEAST 4 TO 5 CANINES OUT HERE TRYING TO TRACK THIS SUSPECT DOWN, WERE USING EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOL BOX, HE'S VERY DANGEROUS. HILLARY: THE SHERIFF SAID THEY WOULD NOT STOP ALL LIGHT LONG UNTIL THEY FOUND HIM. THAT SEARCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING. THEY ARE DEALING WITH A CLEMENT WEATHER, THE SNOW IS COMING DOWN PRETTY GOOD IN UNION GROVE. THAT'S THE LATEST, HILLARY MINTZ, WISN 12 NEWS THIS MORNING. MELINDA: THANK YOU, HILLARY AND HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SUSPECT, 20-YEAR-OLD STAN SILLAS. IF YOU SEE HIM, POLICE SAY DO

Union Grove schools close as manhunt continues

Schools in Union Grove are closed Monday as police and sheriff's deputies search for a man believed to be armed and dangerous.